1
Best kept secret on campus at Villa Cresta Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000490
Villa Cresta Elementary
2600 Rader Ave, Baltimore, MD 21234 · (410) 887-5275 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
322 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
47.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 32.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Villa Cresta Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #508 of 853 | #61 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #446 of 853 | #54 of 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #468 of 853 | #59 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #198 of 898 | #17 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #529 of 857 | #37 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #103 of 857 | #16 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #494 of 885 | #69 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #219 of 551 | #34 of 84 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
609
-40 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 609 | 41.6 | 14.6:1 | 53% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 39.7 | 15.5:1 | 53% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 42.9 | 14.9:1 | 58% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 43% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 47.7 | 15.1:1 | 35% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 37% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 37% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 17% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 712 | 36 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Villa Cresta Elementary.
About Villa Cresta Elementary
Baltimore, Maryland, is home to Villa Cresta Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 609 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
Baltimore County Public Schools enrolls 110,872 students in 177 schools, including Villa Cresta Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Villa Cresta Elementary is White (35%). Other students are 33% Black, 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 53% White share among all Baltimore County residents. By the diversity index, Villa Cresta Elementary comes in at 72%.
The school reports 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.6 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 53% of enrollment. That is close to the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Villa Cresta Elementary, the prediction is 42.9% and the result is 37.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Baltimore County show that median household income is about $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 180 public schools operate in Baltimore County, serving about 110,872 students.
The closest public school to Villa Cresta Elementary is White Oak School, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 37.5% average proficiency ranks 1st among 6 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 649 in 2020-21 and 609 in 2024-25, a decrease of 40 students.
If you have questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Villa Cresta Elementary, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- White Oak School0.7 mi · 60
- Parkville High0.7 mi · 1,877
- Northeast EDLP at Parkville High School0.7 mi · 1
- Oakleigh Elementary0.9 mi · 452
- Woodhome Elementary/Middle1.0 mi · 496
- Parkville Middle1.1 mi · 900
Frequently asked questions
About Villa Cresta ElementaryHow many students attend Villa Cresta Elementary?
Villa Cresta Elementary enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Villa Cresta Elementary serve?
Villa Cresta Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Villa Cresta Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Villa Cresta Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Villa Cresta Elementary?
Student demographics at Villa Cresta Elementary are roughly 35% White, 19% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Villa Cresta Elementary public or private?
Villa Cresta Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.